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a large building with many spires in the middle of a city surrounded by tall buildings

The Hagia Sophia, otherwise known as the Sancta Sophia or the Church of Holy Wisdom, is a former Eastern-Orthodox Christian basilica located in the Imperial District of Constantinople. Following the fall of the city in 1453 to Ottoman hands, it was converted into an Islamic mosque by Mehmet II, where it was also used as a library. It currently is a museum. Designed by the Byzantine Greek architects Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles, Hagia Sophia occupied the spot where two earlier…

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A Igreja de Santa Sofia foi um dos maiores triunfos da nova técnica bizantina, projetada pelos arquitetos Antêmio de Tralles e Isidoro de Mileto, ela possui uma cúpula de 55 metros apoiada em quatro arcos plenos.Tal método tornou a cúpula extremamente elevada, sugerindo, por associação à abóbada celeste, sentimentos de universalidade e poder absoluto. Apresenta pinturas nas paredes, colunas com capitel ricamente decorado com mosaicos e o chão de mármore polido.

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